Angela Phillips. daughter of Ralph Phillips, speaks during the unvieling of the new conference center at the Kehoe Center named after her late father.

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Shelby Mayor Marilyn John said the late Shelby industrialist and philanthropist Ralph Phillips would have been pleased.

A grand opening reception for the Ralph Phillips Conference Center was Thursday on the third floor of the James W. Kehoe Center of North Central State College.

"He had such a great entrepreneurial spirit and it was contagious and so many people have caught that bug and benefited from his ideas and generosity," John said. "His daughter Angela said of the conference center today, 'This is just another gift from my dad to the community.'" ...